Sci-Tech

City industrial park violates environmental regulations
19/02/2009 05:00
Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park in Binh Chanh District has violated environmental regulations, the HCM City’s People’s Committee said on Tuesday. Waste water in Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park. Le Minh Xuan Industrial Park in Binh Chanh District has violated...
Gaming experts talk with Vietnamese students
19/02/2009 05:00
The head of the US Entertainment Technology Center, Prof. Donald Marinelli, led a discussion, ‘‘The achievements of the game developers”, with over 1,000 students at the south central coastal port city of Da Nang Tuesday. The head of the US Entertainment...
20 magnetic storms may hit Vietnam in 2009
19/02/2009 05:00
It’s predicted that between 12-20 magnetic storms will affect Vietnam during 2009, threatening the health of magnetism-sensitive people or heart disease patients, according to Dr Ha Duyen Chau, acting head of the Global Physics Institute. Photo: space.noa.gr...
Software calculating losses from earthquakes for HCM City
19/02/2009 05:00
Thousands of students at the dormitory of the HCM National University left their room because of earthquake on November 28, 2007. The HCM City Department of Science and Technology has checked and taken over software which evaluates possible losses caused by...
Forests disappear at rapid rate
18/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – The Central Highland province of Dak Nong is rapidly losing large tracts of tropical forests, with rangers struggling to cope with increasingly illegal loggers. An agricultural worker prepares seeds for planting in a forest at the Nam Nung...
Higher electricity price – greater risk of environmental pollution?
18/02/2009 05:00
Experts have warned about the risk of an increased quantity of dirty waste water released into the environment due to the electricity price increase. Experts these days talk at length about the electricity price increase of 8.92% forcing many businesses to...
Solar stoves prove healthier, cheaper
18/02/2009 05:00
LookAtVietnam – Solar stoves and hot plates to boil water have made the environment of a village near Da Nang City cleaner. It has also saved money for the villagers. A family in Binh Ky Village, Hoa Quy Commune, Ngu Hanh Son District in central Da Nang City...